$95 Find Cheap Flights from San Francisco to Michigan

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Cheap Flights from San Francisco to Michigan

Cheapest round-trip prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 72 hours
Grand Rapids
Grand Rapids1 stop$152
Traverse City
Traverse City1 stop$289
Flint
Flint2 stops$314
Lansing
Lansing1 stop$459
Bay City
Bay City1 stop$314
Kalamazoo
Kalamazoo1 stop$368
Marquette
Marquette1 stop$448
Pellston
Pellston1 stop$339
Sault Ste. Marie
Sault Ste. Marie2 stops$794
Hancock
Hancock2 stops$546
Iron Mountain
Iron Mountain1 stop$437
Escanaba
Escanaba2 stops$447
Alpena
Alpena1 stop$472
Chicago
Chicago1 stop$201
Grand Rapids
Grand Rapids1 stop$152
Traverse City
Traverse City1 stop$289
Flint
Flint2 stops$314
Lansing
Lansing1 stop$459
Bay City
Bay City1 stop$314
Kalamazoo
Kalamazoo1 stop$368
Marquette
Marquette1 stop$448
Pellston
Pellston1 stop$339
Sault Ste. Marie
Sault Ste. Marie2 stops$794
Hancock
Hancock2 stops$546
Iron Mountain
Iron Mountain1 stop$437
Escanaba
Escanaba2 stops$447
Alpena
Alpena1 stop$472
Chicago
Chicago1 stop$201

Book Cheap San Francisco to Michigan Plane Tickets

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from San Francisco to Michigan that are departing in the next months. While these flights were available on KAYAK in the last 72 hours, prices and availability are subject to change and deals may expire.
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Recent round-trip flight deals from San Francisco to Michigan

Sun, Sep 28 - Fri, Oct 3
Frontier Logo
6:29 am - 7:38 pmSFO-GRR
10h 09m1 stop
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8:33 pm - 12:16 amGRR-SFO
6h 43m1 stop
$152Frontier
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Thu, Oct 23 - Sun, Oct 26
Frontier Logo
3:25 pm - 7:49 pmSFO-GRR
25h 24m1 stop
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8:34 pm - 2:22 pmGRR-SFO
20h 48m1 stop
$187Frontier
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Sat, Sep 20 - Tue, Sep 23
United Airlines Logo
7:00 am - 1:32 pmSFO-ORD
4h 32mnonstop
United Airlines Logo
6:15 am - 8:56 amORD-SFO
4h 41mnonstop
$231United Airlines
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Tue, Oct 7 - Tue, Oct 7
United Airlines Logo
7:00 am - 1:32 pmSFO-ORD
4h 32mnonstop
United Airlines Logo
9:13 pm - 11:59 pmORD-SFO
4h 46mnonstop
$239United Airlines
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Fri, Oct 31 - Sat, Nov 1
American Airlines Logo
11:25 pm - 5:49 amSFO-ORD
4h 24mnonstop
American Airlines Logo
5:45 pm - 8:28 pmORD-SFO
4h 43mnonstop
$245American Airlines
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Wed, Oct 22 - Sat, Oct 25
Southwest Logo
6:30 am - 12:35 pmSFO-MDW
4h 05mnonstop
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8:15 am - 10:50 amMDW-SFO
4h 35mnonstop
$245Southwest
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Tue, Sep 30 - Sat, Oct 11
American Airlines Logo
6:00 am - 12:18 pmSFO-ORD
4h 18mnonstop
American Airlines Logo
5:44 pm - 8:27 pmORD-SFO
4h 43mnonstop
$246American Airlines
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Tue, Oct 7 - Tue, Oct 7
Southwest Logo
6:30 am - 12:35 pmSFO-MDW
4h 05mnonstop
Southwest Logo
2:45 pm - 5:15 pmMDW-SFO
4h 30mnonstop
$247Southwest
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Fri, Sep 26 - Sat, Oct 4
Delta Logo
12:45 am - 8:53 amSFO-MDW
6h 08m1 stop
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1:08 pm - 5:47 pmMDW-SFO
6h 39m1 stop
$257Delta
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Tue, Oct 7 - Wed, Oct 15
Delta Logo
10:57 pm - 8:40 amSFO-MDW
7h 43m1 stop
Delta Logo
1:08 pm - 5:51 pmMDW-SFO
6h 43m1 stop
$259Delta
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KAYAK's insights & trends for San Francisco to Michigan flights

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights from San Francisco to Michigan to help you find the cheapest flights, the best time to fly and much more.

What is the cheapest San Francisco to Michigan flight route?

Data is based on round-trip flight searches on KAYAK over the past month.

The cheapest ticket to Michigan from San Francisco found in the last 72 hours was to Detroit, at $259 round-trip. The most popular route is from San Francisco (SFO) to Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport (DTW), and the cheapest round-trip airline ticket found on this route in the last 72 hours was $259.

Can I save money by flying with a layover from San Francisco to Michigan?

The average round-trip price for all non-stop flights, flights with one layover, and flights with two layovers for the route found by users searching on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks.

Yes, flying with a layover may cost you more time, but you can also save money on the route, with a 2 stops layover the cheapest option at $786 on average.

What is the cheapest month to fly from San Francisco to Michigan?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from San Francisco to Michigan, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the median of all values for each month.

The cheapest month for flights from San Francisco to Michigan is July, when tickets cost $414 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are February and December, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $719 and $713 respectively.

What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly from San Francisco to Michigan?

The average price of all round-trip flights from San Francisco to Michigan clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.

When flying from San Francisco to Michigan, you should consider leaving on a Wednesday and avoid Sundays if you are looking for the best rates. For your return to San Francisco, you’ll find the best rates on Thursdays and the most expensive ones on Mondays.

How far in advance should I book a flight from San Francisco to Michigan?

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights from San Francisco to Michigan, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the average of all the values for each week.

To get a below average price on the flight from San Francisco to Michigan, you should book around 4 weeks before departure, which saves you about 33% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 11 weeks before departure.

Good to know

Low seasonFebruary
Cheapest flight$95
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 7% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 13% lower on average.
Flight from San Francisco to Grand Rapids

FAQs - booking Michigan flights

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from San Francisco to Michigan?

    KAYAK is a travel search engine. That means we look across the web to find the best prices we can find for our users. With over 2 billion flight queries processed yearly, we are able to display a variety of prices and options on flights from San Francisco to Michigan.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket from San Francisco to Michigan?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight from San Francisco to Michigan is likely to change within 7 days, so travelers know whether to wait or book now.

  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights from San Francisco to Michigan?

    Hacker Fares allow you to combine one-way tickets in order to save you money over a traditional round-trip ticket. You could then fly from San Francisco to Michigan with an airline and back with another airline.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from San Francisco to Michigan?

    Sometimes travel dates aren't set in stone. If your preferred travel dates have some wiggle room, flexible dates will show you all the options when flying from San Francisco to Michigan up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

  • What is the cheapest time of day to fly to Michigan?

    The cheapest time of day to fly to Michigan is generally at night, when round-trip flights cost $431 on average. Morning departures are around 5% cheaper than evening flights, on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to Michigan is generally in the evening, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $594.

Top tips for finding cheap flights to Michigan

  • Looking for a cheap flight? 25% of our users found tickets from San Francisco to the following destinations at these prices or less: Chicago $162 one-way - $297 round-trip

Reviews of the top 5 airlines serving from San Francisco to Michigan

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from San Francisco to Michigan. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline. KAYAK doesn’t show reviews that are older than 5 years. Learn how KAYAK collects reviews.
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from San Francisco to Michigan? KAYAK airline reviews give an overall score for each airline based on loads of factors, including comfort, boarding, in-flight entertainment and more, to make your decision easier. See airline scores according to verified KAYAK customer reviews.
8.0
SouthwestOverall score based on 4242 reviews
8.6Crew
7.5Entertainment
8.1Boarding
7.0Food
8.0Comfort
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The cabin was quiet for the redeye flight. The area was clean. The staff was great. The 787 Max was in good condition. Drawbacks were that the seat widths were tight for some passengers. The seat padding was at best average and for a long flight uncomfortable.

10.0 ExcellentJoseph, Aug 2025SFO - BWI
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The cabin was quiet for the redeye flight. The area was clean. The staff was great. The 787 Max was in good condition. Drawbacks were that the seat widths were tight for some passengers. The seat padding was at best average and for a long flight uncomfortable.

Southwest like most American domestic airlines, is a mediocre airline. But it is among the cheapest. Oh well.

Delayed flight. Nicest crew member was a SW pilot flying seated next to me who kindly move to seat the final passenger. Flight extra delayed. My cup of refreshment of ginger ale was so packed with ice it was literally 2 sips.

No trays in our seats, we sat in first row, purchased a business class fare. Had to hold our drinks and snack in our hands. No plugs for our cell phones. Had to pay for it a drink cocktail each. Seats so uncomfortable.

Flight wasn’t even full, but too many carry-ons caused us to run out of bin space. New bag fee has folks who would usually check their bags carrying on. Watching Southwest morph into Spirit/Frontier is so sad to watch

Southwest is Southwest. No frills. If you're luck enough to get a happy crew (we did), then it makes for a nicer flight.

It was a perfect flight in all aspects! Both legs!

Great flight, 47 passengers on a 180 seat plane. Stewardess was pleasant and cheerful.

I liked the crew member who gave flight instructions on "in case of a problem:. The seats are so small that only a young teenager could sit in middle seat.

Great flight staff. Ease of boarding. Overall, very uneventful and easy trip.

My experience on any Delta flight is always overshadowed by the time Delta removed me from a flight for no apparent reason.

There was no problems, just a little uncomfortable with seats that do not lay back a little

Excellent flight, the planes were newer, they did a nice job with boarding, great service overall.

Delta is my preferred airline. I've traveled with them for years. On time in most cases, good communication, easy to use app. Most planes are pretty nice. I was on a CRJ 700/900 however, which was pretty badly aged inside and needed a refresh. No infotainment, unreliable wifi, best to download before boarding or bring a book. Food choices are really just snacks on this flight, nice variety but about what you'd expect. Great staff and prompt in departure and early arrival too. Overall quite satisfied.

A little bumpy ride . No food was being provided due the the turbulence. That was ok it was a short flight to my standards.

Thank you for not flipping the plane on the run way. You guys get a 5 star rating for the flight!!!

Boarding is, as it always is… horrible. Gate lice. Slow moving zones. Too many people with carry ons

Lower number on this flight so spaced out passengers. Able to enjoy more room to relax during flight. It was lovely.

Broken jer bridge. Poor communication about it. Lost 2 of 4 luggage pieces

Coach seating is debilitating, neither my husband or I can walk the following day

From the first moment you interact with United Airlines, you can expect nothing less but extreme frustration. The baggage handler at the bag drop seems completely unbothered by the presence of customers waiting in line. No help was extended to load the baggage whatsoever. And if any of your bags is overweight by 0.01 pound they will make you re-distribute everything in your suitcase just to play power trip. When it was time to board no help was extended to customers to locate their seats. Moreover. It was a chaotic mess at the gate when it was unclear who should board first and everyone just bunched up, trying to get on the plane. I am sure the crew was doing their best to perform their jobs while being paid their wages however it shouldn’t be that hard to smile once or twice when you’re in the business if serving customers. It is a shame for the United States of America to have a flagship carrier of such low caliber. Our flight was also delayed by about an hour and a half due to further delays prior to our inbound flight. Being someone who has travelled for both business and leisure in Asia, Europe, and South America I have never experienced such poor quality of service.

The pilots were late and it made us 1 hour late. The meat was tough and bok choy was also tough.

Stuck on tarmac for two hours plus a 5.5 hour flight. Rude flight attendant. And no meals, not even for purchase!

I learned that seating towards the end of plane that a line forms for the restroom and people use your chair as a hand railing, bumping your seat consistently. I was seated in the aisle. I think that next time if I am towards the back row I would want to sit in the middle or window seat.

The best airline I have ever travel , really good customer service, attention and service !!

Everything was great. Only thing that could’ve made it better was buy on board options for hot food, but the snacks were decent. The flight attendants were great. I had no complaints. I was able to make it to my destination safely

Horrific. They missed my connecting flight to San Diego. I didn’t get there until Monday at 9am when I had a mandatory court settlement conference scheduled at 6am since we had parties on the east coast. This caused many issues. All because United apparently forgot to hold the doors open until my flight landed that only had a 10 minute delay. This was the last flight to Southern California. So I couldn’t even rent a car to finish the trip. United cannot be trusted when traveling on specific days and times since weather didn’t have anything to do with the delays.

Very comfortable (upgraded to business class). The audio on my screen didn’t work, but I managed to play the audio through my phone while watching the screen.

Flight was late as pilot crew had to land at different airport in their previous flight. Passengers boarded and had to wait for pilots inside plane. Series of incomplete and unnecessary announcements by an annoying voice, rather than complete, informative announcements.

Breakfast was not loaded at SFO due to catering company change. Seems like a major airline at a major hub would have thought of something else or warned passengers to pick up food before boarding a 3 hour flight.

The AA staff person who checked our bags was curt and almost rude. The FA also seemed unhappy doing her job. Overall it was like riding the school bus back in grade school.

4 hours late, including over +1 hour waiting in plane to take off. Baggage left behind too.

While waiting to claim my checked luggage, I discovered the airline had lost it. After a long wait and inquiries, I discovered it was on another flight. Fortunately, the airline finally sent my luggage home.

Was not able to watch most shows on the entertainment site. They would not load

Our flight was 1.5 hours delayed. There was no weather for the inbound flight, so I don't understand why. This meant a VERY late arrival and only a quick nap before my morning flight.

Delayed flight, so I switched fights to SFO to Phoenix , Phoenix to DSM. Excellent service through American Airlines

AA re-routed flight from HNL to LAX due to delay. My group of 3 with reserved seats in row 9 was broken up, with one assigned to a middle seat, another in the last row of the plane. Not happy. No explanation to the delay. No apologies. No compensation. Would have been nice to be offered an Admiral Club admission or a voucher for the extra 3 hours of layover in LAX. Could not hear the boarding gate announcements in LAX. Adjacent gate was boarding at the same time. Loud speakers were competing against each other. Barely made my boarding group.

Almost a 6 hour flight and the only food option is a cheese plate… and chips. Also how is it there are no options for texting on American. I’ll be going back to delta and united.

The chair cushions may need an upgrade. I have been noticing they are so worn out, thin so you’d sit in a dip 😄. Other than that, all was an enjoyable trip. Thanks AA!

Cramped seats. FAA should make airlines have more legroom, for even short people complain

Both legs of the flight were changed. The day of the flight and length of the trip.

Cancelled flight after I arrived at airport after 75 min drive and parking. Next flight was 4 days in the future. Had to scramble and buy a much more expensive flight on another carrier.

I liked the turn-style feature at gate 209B at LAX. Very efficient process. The gate staff also made several, clearly directed announcements so I felt very informed.

The seats were awful, hard plastic covered in sheet vinyl. The airline tries to scam you into paying extra to get seat together when the flight wasn’t full. They were going to separate a family with young children but my wife who had a row to herself gave up her seat so the young mom could be with her young boys. I’m never giving this airline my money again.

It was a short flight so no food or entertainment….

They switched my flight to Spirit, Never using Kayak again,

Frontier had yet another flight cancellation. Have never made a complete round trip with this airline without at least one leg getting cancelled. Miserable flights - dirty, uncomfortable planes that apparently always have issues since I've had multiple delays and cancellations with them.

Flight was delayed 3 times, would have been nice to have received text message instead of email notifications. Frontier app wasn’t even updated accordingly, no gate number disclosed. No agent at front desk of gate to inform of delay. Very confused and left if the dark

They changed the timing , first delayed by 4 hours then went back to 40 mins late, we had to run back to airport to not miss our flight. This is ridiculous

No frills for sure. No gate announcements about flight delay, not even water to drink on the flight.

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